@Molpet
The 2 yellow/white turkeys that hatched are still alive & still in the house. They're in my "special needs" brooder with a lav orp that has minor pasty butt. (The smaller turkey had pasty but it cleared up in 3 days.) The mama hen would take them, but they stand out in the open, scream & draw attention to themselves. The other chicks must then attack them. I think it's the grass they fear, so I may try giving them little outings - when I find the time.
Today was spent putting in a new garden. I kept trying to hire someone but 3 times it got cancelled. Once was illness, & once was weather, but the best was my nephew who simply didn't show up 4 weeks ago. I had arranged to pay him & borrow a tiller from a friend. Later that day he showed up at my dad's house in Naperville (for a free Sunday dinner & to visit his girlfriend who lives down the street.) He explained to my dad (not to me?!>??) that he's working a lot lately & too tired. (Not too tired to visit his girlfriend ---- but must have been way too tired to return my call the night before or even call that Sunday to cancel. Millennials! LOL) If I didn't get the ground tilled this weekend, it would be too late to get a garden started.
So I decided to rent a very powerful, self-propelled, rototiller and payed a friend to transport it here & back. It was not fun working in 95'F in direct sun, but I DID IT! I tilled my current garden & also turned the nearby grass into an expanded garden. Not bad for a middle aged woman!! DH tried but he couldn't take the heat. I won't have time (or $) to fence the new portion yet, so I'm hoping tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, & squash are not appealing to the chickens. Before I plant, does anyone have experience with these veggies vs chickens? I have little circles made out of fencing to go around each plant. It will support the vines & protect the base. Hopefully it will also prevent beaks & claws from digging up my plants.
The 2 yellow/white turkeys that hatched are still alive & still in the house. They're in my "special needs" brooder with a lav orp that has minor pasty butt. (The smaller turkey had pasty but it cleared up in 3 days.) The mama hen would take them, but they stand out in the open, scream & draw attention to themselves. The other chicks must then attack them. I think it's the grass they fear, so I may try giving them little outings - when I find the time.
Today was spent putting in a new garden. I kept trying to hire someone but 3 times it got cancelled. Once was illness, & once was weather, but the best was my nephew who simply didn't show up 4 weeks ago. I had arranged to pay him & borrow a tiller from a friend. Later that day he showed up at my dad's house in Naperville (for a free Sunday dinner & to visit his girlfriend who lives down the street.) He explained to my dad (not to me?!>??) that he's working a lot lately & too tired. (Not too tired to visit his girlfriend ---- but must have been way too tired to return my call the night before or even call that Sunday to cancel. Millennials! LOL) If I didn't get the ground tilled this weekend, it would be too late to get a garden started.
So I decided to rent a very powerful, self-propelled, rototiller and payed a friend to transport it here & back. It was not fun working in 95'F in direct sun, but I DID IT! I tilled my current garden & also turned the nearby grass into an expanded garden. Not bad for a middle aged woman!! DH tried but he couldn't take the heat. I won't have time (or $) to fence the new portion yet, so I'm hoping tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, & squash are not appealing to the chickens. Before I plant, does anyone have experience with these veggies vs chickens? I have little circles made out of fencing to go around each plant. It will support the vines & protect the base. Hopefully it will also prevent beaks & claws from digging up my plants.
and then/now they could be either palm, sweetgrass or calico...
